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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Cairo Intelligence Department, Arab Bureau, Basra Branch, 1916-1920 Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. IOR/L/PS/20/63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/63
Title:
The Muntafik. Al Sa'dun, Bani Malik, Ajwad, Bani Sa'id, Bani Huchaim
Scope & Content:
This volume contains details of the Muntafik [Muntafiq], a confederacy of tribes in the Middle East, which is made up of tribal groups including the Bani Malik, Ajwad and Bani Sa'id. The volume opens with a historical outline of the development of the group before providing further details about...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 file (87 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/20/C143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C143
Title:
‘PERSONALITIES - ‘IRAQ’
Scope & Content:
The volume is entitled Personalities, ‘Iraq, and is a British intelligence report, compiled around 1917 by the Arab Bureau, Basrah [Basra] Branch, on prominent individuals in Iraq at that time (the Arab Bureau was a section of the Cairo Intelligence Department established in 1916). The report wa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1917
Extent:

1 volume (51 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/20/C151

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C151
Title:
'TRIBES OF THE TIGRIS'
Scope & Content:
An official publication entitled Tribes of the Tigris, compiled by the Basrah [Basra] Branch of the Arab Bureau, Cairo Intelligence Department. The publication is divided into sections covering the Al Azairij [Āl Azayrij], Ālbu Darraj [al-Bū Darrāj], Bait Haddād [Bayt al-Ḥaddād], Ālbu Muhammad ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

1 volume (18 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/20/C152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C152
Title:
'TRIBES ROUND THE JUNCTION OF THE EUPHRATES AND TIGRIS'
Scope & Content:
An official publication entitled Tribes Round the Junction of the Euphrates and the Tigris compiled by the Basrah [Basra] Branch of the Arab Bureau, Cairo Intelligence Department. The publication consists of: an overview of the political situation in the area; notes on the Bani Mansūr [Banū Man...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

1 volume (15 folios)